What are the key indicators that the Game of School is being played?
How did the GOS influence your own view of school and learning in high school?
How are these views affecting your approach to being a student at URI?
What role do you think the GOS play in efforts to improve schools?
Some indicators that the Game of School is being played are that students collaborate in doing homework and rarely do it themselves, teachers spend more time on homework and quizzes than on the basis of learning, and teachers pretend they don't know students share their work unless its very obvious. The GOS had a large influence on my learning in high school. I collaborated with other students on numerous assignments, especially ones that were lengthy or had to do with math. I viewed homework as not a way of learning but as a time consuming obstacle. Most work I did to get a good grade, but only grasped some of the material that the work consisted of. The Game of School made me a surface learner, only doing work to pass and not grasping the material being taught. Being a student at URI is much different than the level of learning done in high school. I have done more work here than my entire junior and senior year. I cannot simply get As on homework and then get Cs on tests if I want to maintain my GPA here. I think the GOS should be an example of how to change the school system for the better. It shows how we need to focus more on in class learning and less on homework.
- How did the GOS influence your own view of school and learning in high school?
- How are these views affecting your approach to being a student at URI?
- What role do you think the GOS play in efforts to improve schools?
Some indicators that the Game of School is being played are that students collaborate in doing homework and rarely do it themselves, teachers spend more time on homework and quizzes than on the basis of learning, and teachers pretend they don't know students share their work unless its very obvious. The GOS had a large influence on my learning in high school. I collaborated with other students on numerous assignments, especially ones that were lengthy or had to do with math. I viewed homework as not a way of learning but as a time consuming obstacle. Most work I did to get a good grade, but only grasped some of the material that the work consisted of. The Game of School made me a surface learner, only doing work to pass and not grasping the material being taught. Being a student at URI is much different than the level of learning done in high school. I have done more work here than my entire junior and senior year. I cannot simply get As on homework and then get Cs on tests if I want to maintain my GPA here. I think the GOS should be an example of how to change the school system for the better. It shows how we need to focus more on in class learning and less on homework.What are the key indicators that the Game of School is being played?